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Sibley and Senior Services

An Overview

Presented by: Marti Bailey

Grand Oaks at SibleyWhat sets us apart?

• 24 hour RN supervisor on site

• Nurse Practitioner 5 days a week

• Memory Care Program for both assisted living and memory care residents

• All residents become members of Sibley Senior Association

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History of Sibley Senior Association

• Founded in 1987

• Started as strictly clinical

• Now cares for whole person

• SSA extends Sibley’s patient care outside doors to the community

• New programming extends into greater DC area

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Support Groups

• Alzheimer’s Care Partners (Alzheimer’s Assoc)

• Arthritis• Bereavement• Cancer * NCR

• Diabetes

• Cardiac Implant

• Lyme Disease• Low Vision• Ostomy

• Alzheimer’s Care Partners (Club Memory)

• Early-stage memory loss (Club Memory)

• Mid-stage memory loss (Club Memory)

• Young onset Memory loss (Club Memory –new)

• Parkinson’s• Stroke Survivors and

Care Partners (run by Stroke team)

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Exercise and Movement Opportunities

• Tai Chi Chung• Qigong• Body Awakening• Mind-Body

(Feldenkrais)• Walking Club

(Mazza Gallerie mall walkers)

• Total Body Workout with mat work

• Strength and Balance without mat work

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Health Lectures, Screenings, and Clinics

• Health Lectures– Bone Health– Breast Health– Alzheimer’s

– Weight Loss

– Stroke– Cardiac– Fall Prevention

– Nutrition– Mental Health

• Screenings– Visual Acuity

– Hearing Screenings

• Flu Clinic

• Medication Safety

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Well - Being

• Mindful Living Club– Three opportunities per week for

Meditation and Mindfulness • Tuesday at 11 am

• Wednesday at 4pm• Thursday at 1 pm (with movement)

– Periodic class on Managing Your Stress and Improving Your Well-Being

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Day Trips

• Annapolis/Chesapeake Bay Cruise

• Parade of Tall Ships (Sailabration)

• Philadelphia Flower Show

• Barnes Museum

• Odyssey Cruise for Cherry Blossoms

• Fall Foliage Trip

• Tilghman IslandMarch 4, 2015 8

Interesting Events

• Choosing Happiness at Every Stage of Life (April!)

• 2nd Annual Intimacy and Dating after 50 conference

• Sibling Strife in Later Life

• It Takes a Village

• Being a Friend to A Person with Alzheimer’s

• The Friendship Fix – making new friends

• Coping with Depression & Post Holiday Blues

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Standing Groups

• Book Marks

• Italian Conversation

• French Classes

• Computer Club and

classes

• KnitWits

• Current Affairs

Forum

• Laugh Cafe’

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SSA Benefits

• 50% parking multi-level parking garage• 15% Au Bon Pain in Medical Building• 10% off Gift items at Sibley Gift Shops• 10% off at Foer’s Pharmacy • Discounts at Simon Says Yoga Studio• $1/hour discount at Potomac Home Support• When hospitalized

– TV discount, 10% off cart purchases– Complimentary in-room Guest Meal

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Widowed Persons Outreach

• Started over 20 years ago as a collaboration between Sibley and AARP

• Is separate 501(c)3, though it doesn’t have to be• Only paid staff is Sibley staff (my office)• Provides robust support for spousal bereavement

– Multiple types of support groups

– One-on-One mentor volunteers

– Education– Newsletter– Social activities

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Village Collaborations

• In 2014, Sibley created a village alliance – Palisades Village and Little Falls Villages– Provide training and outreach– Villages benefit through Sibley Senior Assn

• Since 2011, many other relationships with villages– Events, day trips, screenings

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Club Memory

• Fills a significant need in the DC metro community

• A place where people with a disease and their care partners meet to socialize, play games, share resources, and get support

• Funding by private philanthropy and grants; no members pay to attend

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In One Month…

• 6-8 Club Memory-sponsored social events • 3 support groups for people with memory loss

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Club Memory Expansion

• Club Memory was launched into Ward 8 in

September 2014, in Ward 7 in January 2015

• A federal grant (Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative)

given to only 10 cities in the country.

– Permits Club Memory to launch in all Wards in DC by

September 2015 (Ward 3 launched in 2011 and

includes persons from Ward 2)

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Community Outings

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Farm Visits

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What Do Members Say?

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Questions?

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